Description: This function allows the user to separate part(s) from a structure. For example, two parts that are connected by common nodes may be quickly separated (or disconnected) using SEPARATE PART. This function also provides the user with the option to create zero length RBARS between the separated parts. (Common nodes between parts become new nodes once the parts are separated.)
Usage:
1. DSI prompts:
> CREATE RIGID LINKS BETWEEN SEPARATED PARTS. (Y/N)
• YES creates a part called ZEROBAR, in PART CONTROL, that automatically contains all of the newly-created RBARS.
2. DSI prompts:
> SELECT PART OR ALL. (SP/A/E)
3. If the user selects ALL PARTS, DSI prompts:
> XXXX (# of RBE2s) RBE2S CREATED BETWEEN SEPARATED PARTS
All modeled parts in the database separate from each other. This includes:
PLATES
SOLIDS
CBARS/CBEAMS
CELAS1/CELAS2 ELEMENTS
PLOTEL ELEMENTS
CROD/CTUBE ELEMENTS
These entities do not separate:
RBE2/RBAR ELEMENTS
CONM2 ELEMENTS
CORD2R ELEMENTS
4. If the user enters SELECTED PARTS, DSI prompts:
> SELECT PART TO SEPARATE
> PICK AN ELEMENT, OR PART NAME OF A PART.
• The parts separate from each other, and DSI prompts:
> XXXX (# of RBE2s) RBE2S CREATED BETWEEN SELECTED PARTS.